v
(idiomatic, rare) To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do.
v
(Australia, New Zealand) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.)
v
(transitive) To invite; to summon.
v
(intransitive, rare) To serve as a dean.
v
(transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
v
(law) To forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court).
n
A temporary charge against a suspect in order to keep them in police custody.
v
(transitive, Scotland, law) To bring in by legal authority; produce in court; confiscate (the goods of a condemned criminal).
n
(journalism) The reduced fee paid to a writer whose commissioned work does not get published.
v
To call a place of service and order food, or other goods, delivered to one's own location.
v
(chiefly US, business, management) To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.
v
To beg for contributions; to take up a collection.
v
(transitive) To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony.
n
(obsolete) Retreat, refuge.
v
Obsolete spelling of serve [(transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.]
v
obsolete typography of serve [(transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.]
v
Obsolete spelling of service [(transitive) To perform maintenance.]
v
(transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
v
(transitive, sports) To pitch, throw, serve, or kick a ball to an opponent so that it is easily hit or intercepted.
n
One who is served, or served to; the recipient of a service.
v
(transitive, military, euphemistic) To attack.
n
Abbreviation of service. [An act of being of assistance to someone.]
v
(UK, historical) To enlist as a soldier by accepting a shilling from the recruiting officer.
n
The act of one who takes up the mantle.
v
(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
v
(transitive) To serve (someone) as a valet.
v
To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
v
(obsolete) To carry out, to bring about.
Note: Concept clusters like the one above are an experimental OneLook
feature. We've grouped words and phrases into thousands of clusters
based on a statistical analysis of how they are used in writing. Some
of the words and concepts may be vulgar or offensive. The names of the
clusters were written automatically and may not precisely describe
every word within the cluster; furthermore, the clusters may be
missing some entries that you'd normally associate with their
names. Click on a word to look it up on OneLook.
Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!
Today's secret word is 8 letters and means "Job requiring little to no work." Can you find it?